Research Areas:

 

 

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022 Sl. No. Name of the faculty Project Title Project Type (Research/Consultancy) Funding Agency Amount Duration Date of Sanction 1

Dr. Pulak Datta (PI) and Dr. Arup Choudhury (Co-PI)

Development of Radiation, Chemical and Flame-Resistant High-Performance Polymer Composite for Defence Application  Research ER&IPR-DRDO, GoI Rs. 36.722 Three Years 28/12/2022 2 Dr. Gautam Sarkhel (PI) 

and Dr. Arup Choudhury (Co-PI)

Study the Effect of Stretching on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Acrylates Research DMSRDE-DRDO, GoI Rs.81.368 Lakhs Three Years 02.08.2022

 

01.07.2021 - 30.06.2022 Sl. No. Name of the faculty Project Title Project Type (Research/Consultancy) Funding Agency Amount Duration Date of Sanction 1 Dr. J Sudeepan (CO-PI) Role of hybrid nanofillers on the physio-mechanical and tribological behaviour of polymer nanocomposite for load bearing advanced mechanical component applications Research DST-SERB Rs.45.84 Lakhs Three Years 03.03.2022 2 Dr. Anupam Roy (PI) Design and development of low cost technology for micronutrient protein-fortified whole grain puffed rice Research ICMR Rs. 51.02 Lakhs Two Years 09.05.2022 3 Dr. Anupam Roy (PI) Modification of expanded porous starch matrix (EPSM) for promoting survival of probiotic bacteria in both high temperature and gastrointestinal condition: Lab scale to food product matrix validation Research ICMR Rs. 15.47 Lakhs Three Years 23.05.2022 4 Dr. Debasree Ghosh (PI) Design and Development of Energy Efficient modified refrigeration system using Phase Change Material and its CFD analysis" Research DST-SERB Rs 29.81 Lakhs Three Years 08.06.2022 5 Dr. Amar Nath Mishra (PI)  Development of a rational technology for production of ceramic materials from coal mining, washeries & processing wastes. Research CMPDI Rs. 136.36 Lakhs Two year 21.06.2022

 

01.07.2020 - 30.06.2021 Sl. No. Name of the faculty Project Title Project Type (Research/Consultancy) Funding Agency Amount Duration Date of Sanction 1 Dr. Anupam Roy (PI) Development of non-destructive process technology for simultaneous micronutrient fortification and bioavailability enhancement in Dal through selective binding of phytic acid Research DBT Rs. 57.9 Lakhs Three Years 04.02.2021

 

01.07.2019 - 30.06.2020 Sl. No. Name of the faculty Project Title Project Type (Research/Consultancy) Funding Agency Amount Duration Date of Sanction 1 Dr. Anupam Roy (PI) Biopolymer based nano-layer fortification of self-assembled micronutrients over preconditioned rice: Retention of fortified nutrients and scale up studies by  Research ICMR Rs. 39.57 Lakhs Three Years 26.11.2019

 

01.07.2018 - 30.06.2019             Sl. No. Name of the faculty Project Title Project Type (Research/Consultancy) Funding Agency Amount Duration Date of Sanction 1 Dr. Anupam Roy (PI) Development of process technology for enhanced resistant starch content in rice and rice based snack (Puffed rice) Research DST-SERB Rs. 53.06 Lakhs Three Years 27.05.2019 2 Dr. Nirupama (PI) Development of nanofiller reinforced ionomer-based polymer nano-composite for radio frequency absorber Research NPIU, TEQIP 3 Rs. 14.60 Lakhs One year 18.06.2019 3 Dr. Y. N. Prajapati (PI) Transition metal(s) containing perovskite/CNFs composite for low temperature CO2 reduction Research NPIU, TEQIP 3 Rs. 16.58 Lakhs One year 18.06.2019 4 Dr. Anand Bharti (PI) Deep Eutectic Solvents as Electrolytes for Nanomaterial-based high-performance Supercapacitors Research NPIU, TEQIP 3 Rs. 15.45 Lakhs One year 18.06.2019 5 Dr. Dan Bahadur Pal (PI) Synthesis and characterization of biomaterials and nanomaterials and its application in heavy metal removal Research NPIU, TEQIP 3 Rs. 16.24 Lakhs One year 18.06.2019

 

COMPLETED SPONSORED PROJECTS

Project Title

Project Duration

Amount Received

Funding Agency

Status Completed/

In Progress)

Name of P.I

 

Rheological studies of commingled plastic recyclates

3 years

Rs. 6.84 Lakhs

UGC

Completed

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Development of Injection Moulding Grade PE/PS and PP/OS Blends with improved weldability

3 years

Rs. 5.5 Lakhs

UGC

Completed

Dr. ( Mrs.) S. Goswami

Development of Grooved Rubber Pads for Indian Railways

     3 years

Rs. 7.9 Lakhs

AICTE

Completed

Dr. Sanjay Dutta

Setting up of Design Development and Training Centre in Plastics
Engineering

3 years

Rs 102 lacs

Dept. of Industries, Government of Jharkhand

Completed

Coordinator:

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Multi-objective optimization of the polymerization reactors

3 years

Rs. 7, 20000

AICTE

Completed

Dr. C. Guria

Development of hybrid polymeric membrane for heavy metal separation from water

3 years

Rs. 4, 88000

Dept. of Science and Tech. Govt of Jharkhand

Completed

Dr.G. Sarkhel

Design and Development of coir fibre based low cost air cooler

3 years

Rs. 9, 79000

Coir Board, Govt. of India

Completed

Dr. A. K. Sen

Interpenetrating networks based on hydrophilic-hydrophobic acrylics

3 years

Rs. 14, 39600

Dept. of Science and Tech. Govt of India

Completed

Dr. ( Mrs.) S. Goswami

Development of Polymeric Hybrid membrane for direct methanol fuel cell

3 years

15.4 Lacs

MNRE, Govt. of INDIA

 

Completed

Dr. G. Sarkhel

Development of Infrastructure for Polymer blends and nanocomposite Laboratory

5 Years

67 lacs

DST-FIST Govt. of INDIA

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Toughening of Epoxy for PAN Carbon composite

3 Years

9.47 lacs

DRDL Hyderabad, Govt. of INDIA

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Dr. G. Sarkhel

Enhancement of thermal resistance properties of Epoxy adhesive by adding Nano filler

1 years

3.50 Lacs

DRDL Hyderabad, Govt. of INDIA

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Dr. A. K. Sen

Dr. P. Raghiraj

Characterization of thermal protection primer and thermal protection coating

1 years

3.70 Lacs

DRDL Hyderabad, Govt. of INDIA

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Dr. A. K. Sen

Dr. G.T. Mohanraj

Erosion resistance studies

1 years

3.42 lacs

DRDL Hyderabad, Govt. of INDIA

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

Dr. G. Sarkhel

Modernization of Polymer Rheology Laboratory

3 years

15 lacs

AICTE-MODROBS

Completed

Co-Ordinator

Dr. ( Mrs.) M. Mukherjee

 

Preparation of novel Poly(m-aminophenol) /functionalised carbon nanotube nanocomposite for selective sensing of aliphatic alcohols

3 Years

24.96 Lacs

DST-SERC, Govt. of INDIA

 

On-Going

Dr. A. Chaudh

 

 

 

INDUSTRY INSTITUTE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

• Shalimar Paints: Self cleaning paints 
• Indian Institute of National Resins and Gums, Namkum : Surface coating based on natural resins 
• NML Jamshedpur : Acrylic based biomaterials 
• DRDL: high performance composites for aero spaceapplicaitons 
• Amiantit Oman, Muscat: Consultancy in the area of modification and validation of design for PVC manhole
• UTRC, CT, US : Direct Contact Membrane Distillation  

 

RESERCH AREAS

BIO RESOURCES

• Bio fuel from agricultural waste
• Bio ethanol
• Polymers from agricultural resources
• Bio diesel

 

POLYMER BLENDS

• New Generation Thermoplastic Elastomer
• Dynamically cured dispersed rubber matrix in a continuous plastic matrix
• Blends with selective phase morphology by controlling interfacial chemistry
• Interpenetrating Polymer Network: Phenolic -Acrylic IPNs –both semi and full type to improve the toughness of phenolic resin

POLYMER COMPOSITES

• Natural fibre (e.g., jute, sisal and coir fibre) composites
• Nano-size latices based on acrylic co-polymers
• Carbon fibre reinforced composites
• Composites with fillers of carbon, graphite, kevlar and glass fibers
• High Performance Composite Materials 
• Composites Processing and Process Modeling

POLYMER MEMBRANES

• Ultra filtration membrane for heavy metal separation 
• Polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell 
• Development of a non-fluorinated polymeric proton exchange membrane hydrogen and direct methanol fuel cell [dmfc] application

CONDUCTING POLYMERS

• Development of conducting Polymers with improved performance by designing 
• Development of polymer electrolyte gel, based on polyester and ionic salt for rechargeable batteries 
• Polyaniline Silver nanocomposite for chemical vapour sensor 
• Carbon nanotube and Polyetherimide nanocomposite for electrical application 
• Aliphatic alcohol vapour sensing by intrinsically conducting polymer-metal nanocomposite with enhance sensitivity and selectivity 
• Development of polyaniline based corrosion resistant coating on steel   

BIOMATERIALS

• Drug delivery application: A soft biocompatible elastomeric “Interpenetrating Polymer Network”
• Tissue Engineering: Development of Polymer based Soft nanocomposites for Tissue Engineering 

THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER

• Development of thermoresponsive polymer for concentrating proteins and enzymes solution

WATER TECHNOLOGY

• Direct contact Membrane Distillation 
• Hollow fibre Membrane Bio-reactor for waste water treatment 
• Cross Flow Ultra filtration 
• Submerged packed bed biological reactor for Waste water treatment 
• Ultra filtration membrane development for heavy metal separation

WASTE UTILIZATION AND RECYCLING

• Chemical recycling of Polymer waste to obtain fuel for automobiles and Diesel Generators
• Mechanical recycling of plastics waste to produce of value added recyclate
• Value added product from agricultural waste utilization
• Development of coir fiber based fire retardant nano filler 

ENERGY RESEARCH

• Liquid fuel from plastic waste
• Polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell
• Development of a non-fluorinated polymeric proton exchange membrane hydrogen and direct methanol fuel cell [DMFC] application
• Bio fuel from non edible oil seeds 

NOVEL FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION

• Food Fortification
• Resistant Starch
• Value addition
• Mechanization of traditional processes